Deaf To Delius

Deaf to Delius Sir: What are we to make of a journalist (Opera, 17 November) who admits that he 'set off to witness the English National Opera's exhumation of Delius's Fennimore......

Golfo In The Golfo

Golfo in the Golfo Sir: There is currently a certain amount of confusion here in Spain as to the exact meaning of the Gulf crisis. Not cause and effect, simply semantics. The......

Not Any Old Irony

Not any old irony Sir: Patrick Leigh Fermor's affectionate reminiscences of Lawrence Durrell (17 November) recall a story about him told me by Bernard Spencer. The two poets......

Name-dropping

Name-dropping Sir: In his interesting article 'The writers are off' (10 November) Christopher Driver refers to 'the recent buyer and operator of the Egon Ronay name'. There is a......

[sir: I Cannot Understand Either Alan Wat-...]

Sir: I cannot understand either Alan Wat- I kins's or Peter Paterson's problems (Letters, 24 November); Allopurinol will check their gout completely. Peter Paterson refers to......

[sir: I Was Distressed To Learn That My Old...]

I Sir: I was distressed to learn that my old friends Alan Watkins and Peter Paterson are suffering from gout. The good news is that they have found temporary surcease from pain.......

Fishy Tale

Fishy tale Sir: As Christopher Driver mentions the quality of copy editing (never his strong suit) the rather dense passage he quotes from my book is in fact a collage from the......